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  Connector assembly having auxiliary device to support the connector against tiltingUSPTO Application #: 20060068618Title: Connector assembly having auxiliary device to support the connector against tilting Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) includes an electrical connector and an auxiliary supporter (6) detachably assembled to the connector. The connector includes a housing (2) comprising a mating portion (22) defining a mating port (223) opening to a front face (221) thereof and a mounting portion (21) extending down from a rear part of the mating portion to be mounted onto a printed circuit board (PCB) (10) to support the mating portion; and a plurality of terminals (4) received in the housing. Each terminal is provided with a contact portion (41) exposed in the mating port and a solder tail (42) extending out of the housing to be soldered to the PCB. The auxiliary supporter is provided with a stand adapted for standing on the PCB and an upholding portion (65) to hold a front part of the mating portion. (end of abstract) Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc. - Santa Clara, CA, US Inventors: Wei Li, Chun-Sheng Li USPTO Applicaton #: 20060068618 - Class: 439079000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Electrical Connectors, Preformed Panel Circuit Arrangement, E.g., Pcb, Icm, Dip, Chip, Wafer, Etc., Distinct Contact Secured To Panel Circuit, Panel Circuit Adapted To Move Along Panel Plane Relative To Coupling Part For Insertion Of Male Contact The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060068618. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an electrical connector assembly having an auxiliary device assisting to support the electrical connector against tilting. [0003] 2. Description of Related Art [0004] Signal transmission between electrical components are usually performed by a connector and a mating connector that electrically engage with each other. The connector commonly includes a mating portion for electrically engaging with the mating connector and a mounting portion for mounting to a printed circuit board (hereafter referred to as PCB). Wherein the mating portions of the connector are divided into two categories, one of which extend parallel to the PCB and the other of which extend perpendicularity to the PCB. That is to say, the former is plugged with its mating connector along a direction parallel to the PCB and the later is plugged with its mating connector along a direction perpendicular to the PCB. [0005] U.S. Pat. No. 6,676,449 discloses a connector, a mating portion of which extends parallel to the PCB. The connector comprises a longitudinal housing, a plurality of terminals received in the housing, and a shell enclosing the housing. The housing has a base defining a mounting face to be mounted to the PCB, and a mating portion perpendicularly protruding from the base and defining a mating port therein to receive a mating connector. Each terminal comprises a solder foot extending out of the mounting face to be soldered to the PCB and a contact portion exposed in the mating port. In contrast with the base, the mating portion is impending from the PCB, thus the weight of the mating portion cause the connector to tilt down to that side the mating portion is set. That will make operation of soldering the solder feet of the terminals to the PCB become much more difficult. That even may cause the connector to be slantingly mounted on the PCB, thereby to make engagement between the connector and its mating connector become unreliable. [0006] Therefore, to overcome above-mentioned disadvantages, an auxiliary device assisting to support the connector against tilting is desired. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0007] An object of the present invention is to provide an electrical connector assembly having a mechanism assisting to support the electrical connector against tilting. [0008] Another object of the present invention is to provide an electrical connector assembly, wherein the electrical connector is well mounted on a PCB to perform a reliable electrical engagement with its mating connector. [0009] Accordingly, to achieve the above objects, an electrical connector assembly of present invention includes an electrical connector and an auxiliary supporter detachably assembled to the connector. The connector includes a housing comprising a mating portion with a mating port opening to a front face thereof and a mounting portion extending down from a rear part of the mating portion to be mounted onto a PCB to support the mating portion; and a plurality of terminals received in the housing. Each terminal is provided with a contact portion exposed in the mating port and a solder tail extending out of the housing to be soldered to the PCB. The auxiliary supporter is provided with a stand adapted for standing on the PCB and an upholding portion to hold a front part of the mating portion. [0010] Other objects, advantages and novel features of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present embodiment when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0011] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electrical connector assembly comprising an electrical connector and an auxiliary supporter assisting to support the electrical connector against tilting according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; [0012] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a housing of the electrical connector of FIG. 1; [0013] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an aligning plate of the electrical connector assembly of FIG. 1; [0014] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a shell of the electrical connector of FIG. 1; [0015] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the auxiliary supporter of FIG. 1; and [0016] FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the electrical connector assembly of FIG. 1 after being mounted on a PCB, taken along line 6-6. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [0017] Reference will now be made to the drawing figures to describe the present invention in detail. [0018] Referring to FIG. 1, an electrical connector assembly 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an electrical connector (not labeled) and an auxiliary supporter 6. The electrical connector comprises a housing 2, a plurality of terminals 4 received in the housing 2, a shell 3 attached to the periphery of the housing 2 and enclosing the housing 2 thereby to shield the terminals 4 therein, and an aligning plate 5. [0019] Referring to FIGS. 1, 2 and 6 together, the housing 2 comprises a longitudinal mating portion 22 with a mating face 221 and a back face 222, and a pair of support blocks 21 extending down from a rear part of the mating portion 22 that is adjacent to the back face 222, to be mounted onto a PCB 10. The mating portion 22 defines a slot 220, a front sect of which serves as a mating port 223 opened to the mating face 221 to receive a mating portion of a mating connector (not shown), and a rear sect of which extends down to communicate a gap between the pair of support blocks 21 to form a terminal tail receiving space 224. At two longitudinal ends of the mating port 223 respectively rise a tapered guiding-post 23 for guiding the mating connector. [0020] Each terminal 4 is provided with a contact portion 41 exposed in the mating port 223 to electrically connect a conductor of the mating connector received therein, and a solder tail 42 extending from the contact portion 41 down to be soldered to the PCB 10. There are two rows of terminals 4, one row of which have the contact portions 41 thereof attached to an upper wall (not labeled) of the mating port 223 and the other row of which have the contact portions 41 thereof attached to a bottom wall (not labeled) of the mating port 223, and both rows of which have the solder tails 42 thereof spacedly accommodated in the terminal tail receiving space 22. Wherein the contact portions 41 on the upper wall and the contact portion 41 on the bottom wall are alternately arranged along the longitudinal direction of the mating portion 22. Continue reading... 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